Rule of Law (Quiz)

Every state sent representatives to help

write the U.S. Constitution, and all of those

representatives signed the Constitution

when it was finished.

• Order and Security

• Equal Application of the Law

• Legitimacy

• Procedural Fairness

The 14th Amendment to the U.S.

Constitution says that states must give

everyone “the equal protection of the laws.”

• Equal Application of the Law

• Procedural Fairness

• Access to Justice

• Checks and Balances

The 6th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

says that people accused of a crime have

the right to have a lawyer help them defend

themselves.

• Checks and Balances

• Access to Justice

• Legitimacy

• Procedural Fairness

The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution says

one goal of the Constitution is to make sure

our country is secure and peaceful.

• Order and Security

• Equal Application of the Law

• Legitimacy

• Procedural Fairness

The U.S. Constitution splits the government’s

power between a legislative, an executive,

and a judicial branch.

• Legitimacy

• Procedural Fairness

• Checks and Balances

• Access to Justice

In the case Marbury v. Madison in 1803, the

Supreme Court said that the judicial branch

has the power to strike down laws that violate

the Constitution, even though another branch

of government passed that law.

• Order and Security

• Checks and Balances

• Procedural Fairness

• Legitimacy

Congress has created the Federal Rules of

Criminal Procedure, which lists the procedures

that must be followed in every criminal case.

• Procedural Fairness

• Equal Application of the Law

• Legitimacy

• Access to Justice

The U.S. Constitution did not become the law

of our nation until nine states approved it.

• Legitimacy

• Procedural Fairness

• Checks and Balances

• Access to Justice

The U.S. Constitution says that people

accused of a crime have the right to a

“speedy” trial.

• Procedural Fairness

• Equal Application of the Law

• Access to Justice

• Checks and Balances

Every state has laws that say children must

go to school until a certain age.

• Access to Justice

• Legitimacy

• Procedural Fairness

• Checks and Balances